Greetings people who are smarter then me... Outdoor line laser

[Td95ma]

Looking for some advice or ideas

A few days a week I break out four bricks 50 feet of string and I mark out a square in spray paint for asphalt and pavement repair around a pothole typical sizes 10 feet by 10 feet

Is there a laser that would be battery powered that I could attach to some kind of rig? Turn it on spray paint my lines and move on to the next patch.

I am currently building something that will utilize two retractable dog leashes but I would love to use lasers

From the quick reading that I have done it sounds like lasers and sunlight do not play well together, my question is there a setup that could safely do this? It appears the power is possible but the fear of eye damage is a main concern

I thank you smart people for pointing me in the right direction and probably saving me some money. I already tried to buy a tile laser layout it looks great indoors but take it outside and the lines are invisible.

Ideally I would have 2 lasers that projected a 90 degree angle each I make the square spray paint the sides and move on

 

[Pikablu]

You could try laser enhancement goggles? I think they have a few at the local home depot, I'm kind of a newb with the actual "practical uses" of lasers, so take my advice with a grain of salt, good luck!

you could also try a 10mw greenie, which is probably brighter than a 1mw red. As long as you don't stick your face in the beam, I believe you'll be alright.

 

[vortish]

Yes there is some thing you could use. They make lasers that shoot lines out and I do believe that there are a few that do right angles meaning dual lines. Most of these are in the red range of the spectrum though I think there may be a green on out there! the cheap ones wont last long I suggest you get one of the good ones but they are 400-1000$ you may be able to get one of the really good builders on here to make you some thing that may work dont know unless you ask

 

[Pman]

That's interesting Pikablu. Never heard of laser enhancement goggles. I'll have to check those out the next time I am there out of curiosity.

 

[hakzaw1]

AixiZ Laser (.com) sells a lens that turns a 'dot' into a line-w/ 2 of these you could make a 90 angle --but use short duty and long rest cycles as these do not have good heat sinks... I would say no more than 90 seconds on and double that as a rest-however if it is very hot outside go with shorter duty and longer rest cycles as the laser cannot become any cooler than the ambient temp.--AFAIK

 

[Pikablu]

you can also buy cross line lens from o-like or aixiz I believe